Environmental performance of construction waste: Comparing three scenarios from a case study in Catalonia, Spain

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 646-654

  Ortiz, O ^a,b   Pasqualino, J C ^a   Castells, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE ANTIOQUIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILDING SITES; CATALANS; CATALONIA; CATALONIA , SPAIN; CONSTRUCTION WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; EUROPEAN WASTE CATALOGUES; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; LANDFILLING; LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; LONG DISTANCES; TREATMENT PLANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GLOBAL WARMING; LIBRARIES; LIFE CYCLE; RECYCLING; RESEARCH; SURVEYING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

WASTE INCINERATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; INCINERATION; LANDFILL; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SPAIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CITIES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPAIN;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 75849159199     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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